FoodCo Celebrates Staff Excellence with Quarterly Recognition Awards

FoodCo, a Top 5 retailer and operator of the largest supermarket chain brand in South-West Nigeria, outside Lagos, has announced the winners of its Staff Recognition Awards. Held quarterly, the awards are geared towards recognizing outstanding job performance and incentivizing employees to aspire towards exceptional service delivery.

Speaking on the initiative, Funmi Aiyepeku, Head of Innovation, Growth, and Business Transformation, FoodCo Nigeria, stressed that the awards aim to strengthen the company’s GAME ON Core Values.  GAME ON is an acronym for: Get It Done, Always Develop Others, Make It Better, Excite Our Customers, Operate Together, and Never Cut Corners.

She said: “At FoodCo, our employees are the driving force behind our success. We prioritize strategic and impactful engagement with them at all levels. Accordingly, the Staff Recognition Awards is one of the expressions of our commitment towards cultivating a workplace environment that engenders growth, empathy and impact for staff.

“Our ultimate desire is to create an ecosystem that enables our network of over 1000 staff to make the transition from mere employees to leaders in their various roles. Deliberate investment in developing self-led individuals will ultimately translate to having a team of quality staff and greater levels of success for our organization,” she added.

The FoodCo Staff Recognition Awards evaluates employees across all the company outlets based on pre-determined matrixes including Growth Mindset, Innovation, Continuous Development, Result Drive, amongst others.

Stephen Olaogun, a staff from the Supply Chain division emerged as the overall winner for the first quarter of 2024. He, alongside five category winners, was presented with a cash prize, recognition certificate, and a commendation letter.

Established in 1982, FoodCo is a diversified consumer goods company with interests in retail, quick service restaurants, manufacturing and entertainment. With over 1000 staff spread across 21 outlets in Oyo, Lagos and Ogun States, the company is a major employer and contributes significantly to the economy of the South-west.

FoodCo was listed in the Financial Times ranking of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2021 and 2022.